Description:
"Burma?s poverty means that even providing funerals for loved ones can be difficult if not impossible. But a new social welfare association is lending a helping hand...
Accompanied by some poor people, a famous Burmese movie star carries a coffin in Rangoon. In the coffin is the corpse of a poor man who is unrelated to the actor. This is not a scene for a film; it?s real. And to many people it?s amazing, because it?s so unheard of. The movie star, Kyaw Thu, has participated in many funerals as a sort of gravedigger, and he is vice president of a social welfare association known as the Free Funeral Services Society (FFSS)..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 11, No. 10, December 2003
Date of Publication:
2003-12-00
Date of entry:
2004-02-14
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
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Language:
English